Film students from Boston schools who go on to become
filmmakers,
producers,
directors,
film directors, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 79,780 people working as
producers and directors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$86,870.
Also, Actors make on average $0 per year and there are about 39,880 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are
1,250 employed actors earning an average salary of
$*. Producers and directors in this area earn
$69,880/yr and there are 1,630 employed.

Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the
12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment
rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary.
Thus, about 0.965 out of every 1000 jobs in Boston are held by producers and directors,
and 0.741/1000 are held by actors.

Of the 5 film schools
in
Boston,
only 2 have a student population over 10k.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Northeastern University
comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr) for film students, with Massachusetts College of Art and Design as the lowest, reported at only $15,161/yr.

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Film students from Boston schools who go on to become
filmmakers,
producers,
directors,
film directors, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 79,780 people working as
producers and directors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$86,870.
Also, Actors make on average $0 per year and there are about 39,880 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are
1,250 employed actors earning an average salary of
$*. Producers and directors in this area earn
$69,880/yr and there are 1,630 employed.

Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the
12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment
rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary.
Thus, about 0.965 out of every 1000 jobs in Boston are held by producers and directors,
and 0.741/1000 are held by actors.

Of the 5 film schools
in
Boston,
only 2 have a student population over 10k.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Northeastern University
comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr) for film students, with Massachusetts College of Art and Design as the lowest, reported at only $15,161/yr.